Two very different but equally entertaining films later this week: An American Tragedy in one and a near world tragedy in the other!
A Place in the Sun (1951) ● Thursday, September 4 at 7:30 p.m.
A poor factory worker (Montgomery Clift), employed by a wealthy uncle, meets and falls in love with an heiress (Elizabeth Taylor), but his happiness and promising future are jeopardized by a previous affair with a coworker (Shelley Winters). A Best Picture nominee that was adapted from Theodore Dreiser’s best seller, “An American Tragedy.” Black & white, 122 min. (Film)
“A Place in the Sun” is on the Library of Congress’ National Film Registry in 1991.
WarGames (1983) ● Friday, September 5 at 7:30 p.m.
A high-school computer whiz (Matthew Broderick) unwittingly gains access to the Pentagon’s missile-warning system. Innocently, he agrees to a game pitting America against the Soviet Union and inadvertently sparks the countdown to World War III. Color, 114 min. (Film)